Powder for Dysentery

Tradition:

Western, Unani

Source / Author:

Nicolas Benedicti (Nicolai Magni, De Medicis Pulveribus, 1545)

Herb Name Black Myrobalan, roasted Yellow Myrobalan, roasted Chebulic Myrobalan, roasted Belleric Myrobalan, roasted Emblic Myrobalan, roasted Nasturtium Cumin Aniseed Ameos Caraway

Latin Terminalia chebula (black) Terminalia chebula (yellow) Terminalia chebula Terminalia bellerica Emblica officinalis Nasturtium officinale Cuminum cyminum Pimpinella anisum Ammi majus Carum carvi Amount 2 1⁄2 drams ea. 2 drams ea. 1 dram ea.

Preparation:

Steep all in vinegar for a day and a night, then dry and powder, adding 1 dram of each of the following in fine powder: Tabasheer, Pomegranate flowers, Sumac and Mastic. Mix well

Function:

Astringent, clears Damp, relieves Wind

Use:

1. Dysentery, without without Blood
2. Diarrhea, with or without Blood

Dose:

Take in the morning and again later in the day with Syrup of Myrtle.

Cautions:

None noted

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